Want to upgrade my IDE HD on my A1200T. Ideas + tips?

[marcfrick2112]

Hello all, Sorry for what is probably a stupid question, put have had a bad run of luck with computers lately (thankfully, it's only my dad's old IBM-comp PC) and I may need a 'refrsher course'....
I want to upgrade my Amiga 1200T's IDE Hard Drive (8.5 GB), to something like 40GB, or more. I assume that I could set it as a 'slave', install it in place of my CD-ROM, format, partition, and then copy my SYS: and all other files over, and then put it in place of my original HD, set as 'Master', right?
I am running OS 3.9 with BB 1 & 2, FFS...any precautions on partitioning the HD? I read that the boot partition should reside within the first 2GB, should it be smaller than 2GB, or can I use the full 2GB? How large can the partitions be? Finally, can anyone recommend a reliable brand for hard drives? It seems that I read more and more of catastophic HD failures, even after only a month or two.  :roll: Obviously, losing my boot HD is Not an option...Any Help would be great....

P.S. Sorry, I asked some of these questions before, but I couln't find them in the posts (yes, I used the search)... :-?

[marcfrick2112]

Thanks to both of you for the responses.
@amije: Why can't I use more than 1GB for the boot partition? I know, technically I shouln't ever need 2GB for SYS:, but I really wanted to have all my fonts on the boot partition, as many older programs can't see a FONTS: assignment on anything other than SYS: I had read that as long as I keep the boot partition within the 2GB mark, I should be fine....Any ideas?
Second, why to I need to remove the cd driver from DEVS/DosDrivers/ ? Just curious, as I have never heard of this before. Also, can anyone recommend a reliable brand of hard drive? Many thanks.